AXS TV Hires Former Charter Execs Lutz, Hamilton

(L-R: Lutz, Hamilton)AXS TV on Tuesday boosted its upper management team with the addition of Fred Lutz and Sue Hamilton.

Lutz will serve as executive vice president of operations and administration, while Hamilton is executive vice president of distribution and business development. Lutz will manage all of AXS TV's operations outside of programming and distribution. He most recently served as regional vice president at Charter Communications, where he oversaw the company's assets on the West Coast and Texas.

Hamilton, a member of Multichannel News's 2006 class of Wonder Women, is also a former Charter executive, serving as executive vice president of programming. Most recently, she had been serving as an industry consultant as principal of Hamilton Media LLC.

Both will report to AXS TV chairman and founder Mark Cuban, who will continue to oversee the network and make all programming decisions.